January 22, 2013
Winter Offerings
Henry would be pleased by this gentle interplay of snowdust and windfall trimmings about his resting place, and wintery offerings left by devoted pilgrims.
January 20, 2013
Walking in the Thaw, Cold Approaching
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The end of a wonderful monthly walk. |
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Frozen laps - wind driven water flash frozen as it lapped onto icy surfaces |
Our walk back was bedazzled by the setting sun, perfectly appointed by a small flouish of clouds and contrails.
January 19, 2013
Winter Fog Arises
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© Iris Fennell |
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© Iris Fennell |
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© Iris Fennell |
January 12, 2013
January 1, 2013
Monthly Winter Walks at Great Meadows NWR
Sunday, December 16, 2-4:15 pm - Solstice sunset walk
Sunday, January 20, 2:30-4:30 pm
Saturday, February 16, 2:30-4:30 pm
The winter is coming when I shall walk the sky. -- Thoreau, Journal, Feb. 1860
Winter is the season when earth and sky merge in a shared palette of color, shadow, and reflections. It is a time when land and waterscapes yield equally for our exploration. Ice and snow give way to myriad forms and ephemeral worlds that reveal themselves only in these silent, frozen months of the year. Join me for walks of winter revelation over these next three months. Dress warmly, head to toe!
No pre-registration required. A $5/person voluntary donation will be gratefully accepted.
Led by Cherrie Corey, local naturalist, educator, and photographer
Co-sponsored by Musketaquid Arts and Environment Program and Friends of the Assabet River NWR
Meet by the information kiosk at Great Meadows NWR in Concord
(Monsen road, off Rte. 62, driveway on left where road curves right)
(Monsen road, off Rte. 62, driveway on left where road curves right)
For questions or to be added to the e-mailing list, email cherrie.corey@verizon.net or call 978-760-1933, http://sense-of-place-concord.blogspot.com/
A Haiku Walk at Great Meadows
Sunday, February 17, 2 - 4:30 pm
Rescheduled from 2/9
Rescheduled from 2/9
Haiku are small but powerful
three line poems that originated in Japan over 400 years ago. Today, the haiku
is the most popular poetic form in the world! It speaks to our immediate
experience, to presence with our surroundings, and to our relationship with
nature. Haiku captures our moments
of wonder in simple and direct words, leaving space for meaning to arise.
Join naturalist Cherrie
Corey and Haiku poet Brad Bennett for a seasonal haiku experience at Great
Meadows Wildlife Refuge in Concord. Following a short introduction to the
landscape, and the technique of haiku, we will walk in the refuge, deepening
our attention, and welcoming its beauty to inspire our writing. We will then
travel a short distance to Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau,
to share our poems and warm refreshment with each other. No prior haiku
experience necessary.
Instructors:
Cherrie Corey – Concord
naturalist, photographer, and seeker -- guides her students to form a deeper
and more attentive connection to place and their personal unfolding in the wild
landscapes around them, an essential discipline in the practice of creating
Haiku. Cherrie offers ongoing
interpretive programs at the refuge and has served as the New England
Wildflower Society's first education director, Executive Director of the
Harvard Museums of Cultural and Natural History, and as Board member for the
Massachusetts Environmental Education Society
Brad Bennett has been
writing haiku for thirty years and is a member of the Haiku Society of America
and two local haiku writing circles. Brad’s
haiku poetry has appeared in The Heron’s
Nest, Frogpond, bottle rockets, Acorn, and is forthcoming in Modern
Haiku. A third grade teacher
at Concord’s Thoreau School for the past seventeen years, Brad has long taught
poetry to young students and is currently offering a haiku class to 4th-5th
graders at Concord’s Emerson Umbrella for the Arts.
Co-sponsored with Thoreau Farm
Co-sponsored with Thoreau Farm
Class limited to 12, ages
17+
Fee: $35, please register by January 31st
To register, make your check
payable to Cherrie Corey and mail to her, along with your address and cell/home
phone numbers, at 277 Old Bedford Road, Concord, MA 01742. Please
let Cherrie know, by email (cherrie.corey@verizon.net)
or phone (978-760-1933), that your registration is coming.
Location: Great Meadows NWR and Thoreau Farm,
both in Concord, MA
Directions and additional information resources will
be sent upon registration.
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